Smucker, Donovan E(bersole)

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SMUCKER, Donovan E(bersole)

SMUCKER, Donovan E(bersole). American, b. 1915. Genres: Sociology, Theology/Religion. Career: Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, director of Yale Industrial Research, summer, 1937; Kansas Institute of International Relations, executive secretary, 1938-40; Bethany-Mennonite Theological Seminaries, Chicago, IL, associate professor of ethics, 1949-57; Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, chaplain and professor of religious studies, 1959-67; Mary Holmes College, president, 1967-69; University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, professor of social sciences, 1970-80, professor emeritus, 1980-, director of peace studies, 1972-74. Lecturer and visiting professor at various universities. Served as interim pastor or chaplain at educational institutions. Publications: A Casebook of Nonviolence, 1940; The Origins of Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Ethics, 1994. EDITOR: Rockefeller Chapel Sermons, 1967; (with G.W. Roberts) Donald Mackinnon, Borderlands of Theology and Other Essays, 1968; The Sociology of Canadian Mennonites, Hutterites, and Amish, 1977; The Sociology of Mennonites, Hutterites, and Amish, 1991. Contributor to books. Died 2001.

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